1 38 _It isthe rooice ofm.) Be/o'7Jed SEtt. V. fometimes threatenings ; fometimes intreaties; fometimes they come M fo_ns ofthun_der) fome– tirnes with the Jlill vuiceoffo:eet premifei ; An·d be-caufe one man is not fo fit as anothtr for all varieties of conditions and fpirits ; therefore . God givesvar·iety ofgifts to his Minifters, that they may knocke at the heart of every man by their feverall gifts : For fome have more row. zing, fome mare infinuating gifrs, fame more LegaU,[ome moreEvangelical/fpirits, yet all for the Churchesgeod.IohnEapti.ft by amore thun– dering way of preaching , to make way for Chrilt to come, threateneth judgement. But Chrifl: then he comes with aBleJ!edare the poore :Mar·5·3· in Spirit, Blejfedtire they that hungerandthirft for Righteoufoef!e,&c. All kind ofmeanes have been ufed in the minifiery from the beginning of the world. 5• And becaufe of it felfe this minifiery it is a B)' tl;e spirit, dead letter ; therefore he joynes that with the .. Word, which.knocks at the heart together with theWord, notf~veredfrom it, but is theHfe.of it,obthe Spirit,/5 the lifeandfouleiftheWord;and when the inwardword, or voice Gf the Spirir, and thevutwardwordor Mir:Jefierygotogcther, then Chrifi: clothmoreeffetlu~lly knocke, and fi:irup the heart. . · ·' · . Now this Spirit with fwe<rt infpirations knockes, moovti the heart, lightens the under– ftanding, quickens tLe dull affedions, and llirres ' themuptoduty,asitis, l.fo.zo.2r. wndthine . uresfluzllheareavoice ~ehindthee, f'aying, 7/Jn is · . ~t
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